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Why ‘do no harm’ matters more than ever
Lobotomy advocates Dr. Walter Freeman (left) and Dr. James W. Watts (right) [Photo by Harris A Ewing, Saturday Evening Post, May 24, 1941, Public Domain]A recent New York Times Retro Report looked back...
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Milestone Scientific lands marketing clearance in Saudi Arabia, Australia
Milestone Scientific (NYSE:MLSS) shares rose today after the company said it won marketing clearance in Saudi Arabia, weeks after winning a regulatory nod in Australia for its epidural and...
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Rubbery, implantable fibers used to study the spinal cord
[Image from MIT]New rubber-like fibers can match the flexibility of the spine as they deliver optical impulses to study spinal cord neurons, thanks to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of...
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Parvus inks exclusive license with Novartis for T1D nanomedicine
Parvus Therapeutics said today that it signed an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration deal with Novartis (NYSE:NVS) for its type 1 diabetes nanodrug, Navacim. The therapeutic candidate is made...
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Onkos Surgical raises $18m in Series B
Surgical oncology device developer Onkos Surgical said today it closed a $17.6 million Series B financing round. Money in the round will support the expansion of the Parsippany, N.J.-based company’s...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for April 19, 2017
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s...
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Researchers identify signal that could speed up healing
Researchers from the University of Southern California identified the signal that triggers stem cells to take action after an injury and showed how it could be used as a therapy to accelerate the...
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J&J’s Ethicon wins FDA nod for Echelon circular stapler
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Echelon circular powered stapler. The company touted new features of the recently cleared stapler,...
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This molecule stops pancreatic cancer cells from spreading
This micrograph shows pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (the most common type of pancreatic cancer). [Image by KGH – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0]Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center scientists have identified...
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Sunshine Heart prices $8m offering
Sunshine Heart (NSDQ:SSH) today announced the pricing of an upcoming underwritten public offering, looking to raise $8 million. In the offering, Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Sunshine Heart will offer...
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Amedica announces continued delays to annual report
Amedica (NSDQ:AMDA) today announced that it will delay the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its 2016 fiscal year for a second time. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company said it filed a...
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Study: BST’s closed-loop neuromod system reduces symptoms in PTSD sufferers
A new closed-loop algorithm-guided neurotechnology may be able to significantly improve symptoms for individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a new study released this week. Data...
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Philips wins FDA authorization for digitized biopsied tissue slides
The Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution (PIPS) includes (clockwise from top left) an ultrafast scanner, an image management system and an image management system viewer. [Images courtesy of...
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Stryker picks up controlled substance disposal device maker Cactus
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) said yesterday it acquired all of the assets of controlled substance waste management system maker Cactus, LLC. Cactus produces the Smart Sink, Pharma Lock and Pharma Lock O.R....
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Sentien launches trial for drug-device combo for treating acute kidney injury
Sentien Biotechnologies said this week it received an Investigational New Drug approval for its SBI-101 drug-device combination product meant for treating individuals with acute kidney injury. The...
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Brexit effects on Authorized Representatives in EU and UK
By Ronald Boumans, Emergo Group On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the European Union delivered a formal letter invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of the EU to the President of the...
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First European patients treated with BTG’s drug-eluting bead
BTG (LON:BTG) said today that the 1st batch of patients in the European Union were treated with its DC Bead Lumi radiopaque drug-eluting bead. Two patients were treated for hepatocellular carcinoma and...
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Report: New FDA guidance release rate falls post-Trump election
The FDA hoped to release more than 100 draft guidance documents this year, but has only released 6 documents since Trump’s inauguration, according to a Regulatory Affairs Professional Society’s...
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Teleflex launches connected asthma management device
Teleflex (NYSE:TFX ) today launched its AsthmaMD Peak Flow Meter, a device designed to help patients with asthma track their lung performance. The Wayne, Penn.-based company’s device integrates with...
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FDA labels Medtronic StrataMR recall as Class I
The FDA today released updated information on Medtronic‘s (NYSE:MDT) recall of StrataMR adjustable valves and shunts over issues with fluid buildup, labeling it as Class I. The StrataMR adjustable...
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